Performance Arts
In addition to Visual Arts and Music, Members at L.A. GOAL have the opportunity to explore Drama, Improv, Emerging Art, Saturday Art, and Dance. Participants in Music and Drama present at least one public performance each year. Over the years, L.A. GOAL Members have written and produced original plays, beginning with a drama writing workshop and culminating in a full theatrical production at a professional theater.
Our Dance class takes place on Wednesday afternoons, and Drama classes are held one to two Saturdays each month. We also offer an Emerging Art class on Thursdays (9:30 AM – 1:30 PM) and a Saturday Art class with two sessions: 9:00–11:30 AM and 12:30–3:00 PM, one to two Saturdays each month. These classes are designed for Members who are interested in art but are not yet part of the Paid Artist Program.
For Members interested in becoming Paid Artists, participation in the Emerging Art or Saturday Art class helps them build essential art skills and confidence. Once ready, they can move into the Apprenticeship Program, where they learn and work alongside Paid Artists to gain more experience and develop the professional skills needed to succeed as a working artist.
Three women wearing black stand on stage, in front of shelf containing fictional books.
For example, in 2019, Members performed I Remember, a play they wrote about memories from their lives, at The Blue Door Theater in Culver City. In 2014 and 2015, they wrote and performed Advocates and Love, a play about self-advocacy, advocates, and love. It was performed at the Ivy Substation, home of The Actor’s Gang. Talking Vanities, the Member’s first original play, explored the conversations we all have in front of the bathroom mirror. L.A. GOAL artists created props for the play. L.A. GOAL Members performed the play for the entire student body and faculty at the Brentwood School.
In addition to being fun, Performing Arts improve self-awareness, self-esteem, critical thinking, communication, and fine/gross motor skills.